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S2E36: Heritage and History Today

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Historian and geographer David lowentel wrote about the ascendantes of heritage studies in england and america. In a lecture that he gave in university college london, he once said, and i court, heritage is not history. Heritage is what people make of their history to make themselves feel good. He made this and a number of other points in a landmark book called the heritage crusade. And the spoils of history.

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